American Women — Work and unions

  • Women and credit and other reports / produced by Robert Krulwich.

    Reports on women and credit; a history of how the CIA hired or paid or gathered information from foreign correspondents in Europe during the 50’s and 60’s, how it bought a paper in Italy and helped create a news service in England; a tribute to Congressman Michael Harrington, who has been at the center of…

  • All The Livelong Day: The Meaning And Demeaning Of Routine Work / by Barbara Garson; interviewed by Bonnie Bellow.

    Bonnie Bellow talks with Barbara Garson (b. 1941), the author of “Macbird,” about her new book “All the Livelong Day: The Meaning and Demeaning of Routine Work”, about the alienating nature of routine labor. They discuss Garson’s interviews with working people conducted at a wide variety of workplaces, and Garson reads segments from these interviews.

  • The Capitalist function of the family / Sarah Elbert and Silvia Federici

    On April 5 and 6, 1975, the New School chapter of the Union of Radical Political Economists hosted a conference on Marxian Approaches to History. This recording consists of the formal presentations given during a session on the capitalist function of the family. Sarah Elbert, State University of New York at Binghamton, delivers a talk…

  • After the news : work / Selma James ; interviewed by Nanette Rainone.

    Selma James, proponent of the idea of “Wages for Housework”, is interviewed by WBAI’s Nanette Rainone. James discusses the American vs. the European reception to the idea of wages for housework, the performance of prescribed sex roles and the reproduction of the labor force, and how to move from the unwaged work of housewives to…

  • What have women done?

    Based on the book published by the San Francisco Women’s History Group, this program documents the history of working women in U.S. history. Produced by Barbara Cady.

  • Women in the economy / presented by Lauri Helmbold.

    Ramparts Report, the weekly program of news and current happenings, brought to you by the staff of Ramparts Magazine. Women in the Economy presented by Lauri Helmbold of the New College of San Jose State University. She originally presented this material in San Francisco during a weekend conference at Liberation School, March 23, 1974. The…

  • Reflecciones de la Raza: September 8, 1973

    Aircheck for “Reflecciones de la Raza”, hosted by a woman (identity unknown), likely broadcast on September 8, 1973. Program begins with a report on the grape strike from Dan Sudran, Chairperson of the United Farm Workers, San Francisco Chapter. He discusses the boycotts, numbers of workers jailed, costs, law enforcement during the strike. Musica latina…

  • Michael Korda and male chauvinism

    Michael Korda, author of “Male Chauvinism and How It Works in the Home and Office”, talks with Barbara Cady about the mechanics of male dominance in the business world, and some counter-measures available for women. Contains sensitive material.

  • Dial ‘O’ for operator / produced by Bonnie Bellow and Nanette Rainone.

    Examination of the New York Telephone worker. Includes interviews with Louella Smith, who filed charges of racial discrimination with the State Division of Human Rights against New York Telephone and had her case taken up by the Center for United Labor Action, as well as other operators, service representatives and management. Produced by Bonnie Bellow…

  • Household workers / produced by Nanette Rainone and Bonnie Bellow.

    This report is on the recent and unprecedented organization of household workers, and includes interviews recorded during the 2nd National Committee on Household Employment (NCHE) conference held in New York (ca. October 1972). At the conference, six hundred household workers met to hear speeches from the likes of Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm. There are…